Am Friday 27 November 2009 06:35:48 schrieb Dave Abrahams:
is this still a mailing list for historical reasons only or was there a decision against a message board?
Speaking for myself, nobody has ever explained to me why a message board would be significantly different, so I don't see any upside in switching.
most important, visibility of important threads over a longer period of time. there would be a subforum "Proposed libraries", with threads with new messages at the top. I understand that there is no difference from a technical viewpoint and that some mailreaders can display a mailing list exactly like that, but I don't think a proposal like lockfree would have been fergotten on a board. you rarely see replies to threads more than two weeks old on this mailing list, so people do read it either on a day to day basis, or not at all.